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fief
▪ I. fief, n. (fiːf) Forms: 7 feif, 7–9 feof(f, 7– fief. [First in 17th c.; a. F. fief: see fee n.2] 1. = fee n.2 1. male fief, fief masculine: one that could be held by males only.1611 Cotgr., Fief, a Fief; a (Knights) fee; a Mannor, or inheritance held by homage. a 1613 Overbury Observ. France Wks...
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Fief
A fief (; ) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law. Each fief has a Seigneur and/or Dame that owns the fief.
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Ecclesiastical fief
Lands, which belonged to the patrimony of an ecclesiastic, became a secular fief if he bestowed them on a vassal. The most famous papal fief, the Kingdom of Sicily, sprang from investitures of 1059 and 1269.
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rere-fief
rere-fief [a. OF. rerefief (Godef.).] Var. arrière-fief: see arrière.1766 Blackstone Comm. II. 57 These inferior feudatories (who held what are called in the Scots law ‘rere-fiefs’).
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Fief of Viborg
The Fief of Viborg (1320–1534) was for two centuries a late medieval fief in the southeastern border of Finland and the entire Swedish realm. Lord Peter was set up as the fief-holder, and the whole clan participated in consolidating the fief.
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afief
† aˈfefe, afief, v. Obs. [? a. OFr. *afieffe-r, *afiever, Pr. affeuar to give as a fief; or for earlier enfefe a. OFr. *enfieffe-r to establish in a fief; f. OFr. fieffer, fiever, f. fief, fieu, fiu, a feudal estate; see fief.] To give in fief, to enfeoff, to endow by feudal law.c 1360 Amis & Amilou...
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Le Fief-Sauvin
Le Fief-Sauvin () is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. History
On 15 December 2015, La Boissière-sur-Èvre, Chaudron-en-Mauges, La Chaussaire, Le Fief-Sauvin, Le Fuilet, Montrevault, Le Puiset-Doré, Saint-Pierre-Montlimart
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enfief
enfief, v. rare. (ɛnˈfiːf) [f. en-1 + fief.] = enfeoff.1861 A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedr. 19th C. 153 Enfiefed with spacious places of worship..by Constantine. 1882 W. B. Weeden Soc. Law L. 169 The privileges were all enfiefed.
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fiefdom
ˈfiefdom [f. as prec. + -dom.] = fief n. 1.1814 Mrs. J. West Alicia de Lacy I. 130 To forfeit one of our fiefdoms, is not enough.
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Afterlehen
An Afterlehen or Afterlehn (plural: Afterlehne, Afterlehen) is a fief that the liege lord has himself been given as a fief and which he has then, in turn It is variously referred to in English as a mesne-fief or mesne-tenure, an arriere-fief or subfief, under-tenure or mesnalty.
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subfief
subfief, n. (ˈsʌbfiːf) [f. sub- 9 + fief n. Cf. F. sous-fief.] A fief which is held of an intermediary instead of the original feoffor; spec. (now Hist.) in Germany, a minor state, holding of a more important state instead of directly of the German crown.1845 S. Austin Ranke's Hist. Ref. III. 515 He...
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Vingtaine du Fief de la Reine
In Jerriais, the vingtaine is known as La Vîngtaine du Fief du Rouai. References
Fief de la Reine
Fief de la Reine
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arrière
‖ arrière (arˈjɛr) Modern French form of arrear (OF. arere), used in combinations, partly modern French, partly refashionings of Anglo-Fr. or earlier English equivalents in arrere, arrear. arriere-band [cf. also arrière-ban], a rear-division of an army; arriere-fee or -fief [Fr. in 13th c. (Littré)]...
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Feudalism in the Channel Islands
The fief of St Ouen, the most senior fief in Jersey's feudal structure, was by 1135 in the hands of the de Carteret family. Between an individual with an interest in a fief and another person with an interest in a dependency of that fief.
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